Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-07-01
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.

Fire caused loss Of 81 ,2j00 600 at the
Union stock yards, Chicago, ON Sunday.
It broke out in the tank room and in few
moments one Of the tanks exploded scat
tering burning lard over the adj iacent build
ings, and dozen separate fires were soon
competing with each other in the destruc-
ton Of the immense establishment. After
IA hours the fire was subdued, leaving a red
hot oven five acres in extent, from which
poured the fumes Of roasting and burning
pork Except the curing room, in which
were 10, 600, 900 pounds of short ribs, the
main building and its contents are total
loss. On the east side Of the main build
ing was the warehouse 100 bv 400 feet,
with four stories and basement The two
upper floors at the south end were used for
killing purposes. In the warehouse were
II, 600 barrels Of mess pork belonging to
Armour & Co. The building and much of
the pork was destroyed About 5000 live
hogs were in the building when the fire
started, but the company's employees sue
ceeded in getting most Of them out. Be
tween 600 and 700 hogs were burned alive
in the building.
Prof. Elisha Gray is said to have discov-
cred a way by which the writing upon
sheet of paper can be exactly reproduced
by a telegraph 300 miles or more away.
A party of 30 masked men rode into
Koscusko, Miss, Thursday morning Of last
week, overpowered the iailer and dragged
out James W. Webb a white man charged
with poisoning his wife The murderer
was taken TO railroad bridge and sus-
pended from it by rope around his neck.
This is said TO be the cloth case Of lynch
ing in the state since Gov. Lowry was
elected
A riot occurred at Oak Ridge, La. early
Saturday morning in which one white man
and six negroes were killed and several
white men were dangerously wounded. The
trouble arose over the arrest of negro for
an indecent assault upon "A white girl.
The American national telephone compa-
nv, Incorporated under New York laws
with a capital of $1,000, 600 has begun to
issue licenses under the Banta patents for
telephone service in the United States The
patent was granted last April and express
ly disclaims the continuous current of Bell,
claiming to be able to transmit vocal or
other sounds by causing intermittent cur
rents of uniform volume or in other
words 10y make and break electrical cur
rent.
They had hail storm out near Yates
Centre, Kan, Saturday, so terrific that all
| the glass ON one side Of passenger train
was demolished and the engineer had TO
| stop the train and crawl under his engine
for shelter. The local corn crop was de
stroyed.
The Mono county marble quarry, GO miles
| from Carson, New, was completely destroy
ed by the recent earthquake The marble
was broken into cubes not over foot
] Htsn null
| long and 400 feet wide, containing n fine
| grade of marble ranging in shade from
pure white to black. The quarry was val
! ued mt 81 900, 600.
Marshheld, Wis, was almost wiped out
by fire Monday night The loss is estinat
ed at upward Of 81, OO0, 600 But one house
remains unscathed and the inhabitants are
camping in the woods When the fire
started there was high wind, and the
flames were carried with remarkable ra
pidity, seeming almost To leap from hous,
| To house Twelve buildings were blown
up with dynamite in vain effort to check
the flames
The business portion Of the town Of Pull
man, W. T.. was burned Sunday night
loss 1000; insurance SjO,OOO.
Mr. Phelps, the United States minister
dmcl with the Queen Tuesday evening
On Thursday Mr. and Mrs. Phelps, Sccrr
tary and Mrs. White. Mr. and Mrs. Blain,
and their daughter, and other American
attended the Queens garden party at Buck
ingham palace.
Harley. Wis, the metropolis Of the new
Gogebic iron country, and place only tw'
years old, was burned ON Monday the los
being about 500, 900. All the building
were Of wood. constructed in night al
most, and good proportion Of them wcr,
used for saloons and dance houses Tn
five blocks burned before the fire was 90
under control, comprised the business sec
ton Of the place
Wall street had heavy shaking-up las
Friday. \ break began on Thursday am
on Friday some one started the rumor tina
Jay Gould was dead, when stocks began I
tumble at break neck speed. Then the
said Cyrus Field had failed, and down the
went Missouri Pacific railroad stock fe
from l05 to 81, and Manhattan elevate
railroad from 1864 to 10 Other stock
went Oft from > to > points. The scar
didn't last long. Gould denied that he wa
dead Field hadn't failed, and nobody ha
failed, and soon stocks went up again.